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Sony launches smaller, less-expensive 4K Ultra HD TVs

2013-05-23 16:53:00

Sony will begin selling smaller, less-expensive versions of its new XBR 4K Ultra HD TVs. The Japanese tech company was one of the first to roll out 4K Ultra HD sets late last year. That technology is supposed to offer quadruple the resolution of current...

Repairing iPhone 5 more costly than for past iPhones

2013-05-23 11:52:00

Repairing the iPhone 5 costs far more than fixing its predecessors because of Apple’s tight control over the parts that make up its newest phone, according to a new report. In some cases, just repairing an iPhone 5 screen can cost $30 more than...

Google insider Ben Ling joins Khosla to unearth great Web ventures

2013-05-23 11:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Khosla Ventures is adding to its roster of top Internet executives with the addition of Ben Ling, a veteran of Google, Facebook and YouTube. Ling, most recently the chief operating officer at Badoo, has joined the venture capital firm...

Shazam revamps iPad app, adds auto-tagging feature

2013-05-23 04:00:00

Shazam, the app that identifies a song's name and artist, is being updated for the iPad, giving tablet users many of the tools already found on the iPhone app as well as a cool new feature: automatic tagging. The feature comes turned off by default, but...

Hewlett-Packard's slump continues as revenue drops 10%

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s slump continues. Its quarterly earnings marked the seventh consecutive decline in revenue compared with the same period the previous year. And HP's 10% decrease in revenue during the three months that ended in April was the largest...

Jennifer Lopez, Verizon team up to launch mobile brand Viva Movil

2013-05-23 05:00:00

Jennifer Lopez: actress, singer, dancer, fashion designer, and now, mobile phone mogul. The entertainer announced Wednesday that she had teamed up with Verizon Wireless to launch a new mobile brand, including retail stores, aimed at the fast-growing...

Mailbox hits send on new iPad app

2013-05-23 05:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Mailbox is coming to the iPad. The new app will be available starting Thursday and reflects the accelerating shift to tablets from laptops, especially among younger people, said Mailbox Chief Executive Gentry Underwood. An iPad app...

Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, rolls out iPhone app

2013-05-23 06:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nextdoor, which wants to be the go-to social network for neighborhoods, is rolling out an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nextdoor co-founder and Chief Executive Nirav Tolia said he expects the mobile app to fuel growth and...

Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple

2013-05-22 10:15:00

You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the�U.S. Senate’s�Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations�this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of...

Vimeo, Flickr reportedly to be built into Apple's upcoming iOS 7

2013-05-21 15:00:00

The next version of Apple's iOS will reportedly include Flickr and Vimeo integration, making it easier for users to share content they create with the two social networks. Apple news website 9to5Mac reported Tuesday that iOS 7, which the Cupertino...

AT&T's unlimited-data users to get FaceTime over cellular network

2013-05-21 08:33:00

AT&T has kept its unlimited-data iPhone users from making FaceTime calls over its cellular network for eight months, but that could change in just a few weeks. The Texas-based carrier on Tuesday announced it will give software and smartphone makers...

Review: 'The Crucible' reinvigorated at Antaeus

2013-05-21 13:24:00

Shakespearean in dimension and craft, “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, is inarguably a masterwork.� More arguably, it's over-produced. How, then, does a director bring new immediacy to this...

Apple introduced the iPhone 5 in September 2012. Unlike previous generations of the phone, the cost to fix it has not gone down after a few months.

2013-05-23 11:05:51

Nextdoor is like Facebook but for neighbors: a private network to find a baby sitter, borrow a cup of sugar, organize a block party or spread word of a break-in.

2013-05-23 06:00:00

An image of egg white bubbles in peanut butter mousse as they appeared through a microscope is captured on a student's iPhone.

2013-05-22 19:06:00